CS2 Premium Education version upgrading to CS4 Premium?

Hi all,
I've emailed this question to Adobe but haven't gotten an answer yet: I have the education version of CS2 and want to upgrade to the full version of CS4. Will the $599 upgrade cover it?
Also, I registered my CS2 in my Adobe account in 2006, but the records disappeared after the Macromedia merger. Yyet when I try to re-enter it, it won't let me. Anyone else have this problem?
Thanks.

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